Kids grow up so fast and if you don't try to capture some of these wonderful memories through some means, they'll all slip through
fingers just in a snap. And scrapbooking is a fabulous way to preserving those memories, by combining photos and journaling of your kids.As parents, scrapbook pages of your adorable boy or girl probably fill up many pages. But these are stories told from your perspective. How about including your child's perspective into those pages as well?
Children have many stories to tell and share and through shared scrapbooking experiences, he or she will have a mean of documenting those wonderful stories that impacted his or her life.
Try scrapbooking not only about your kid, but together with your kid. As in combined forces and powers of mommy and kid. Your child's views will certainly add a heart-rending air of innocence and specialness to those pages.
Not forgetting that scrapping together with your kid is an excellent hobby to bring two of your even closer. And you'll become a tirelessly cheerleader and supporter, to encourage your child to grow his or her art and language skills. Scrapbooking also enhances worth and sense of uniqueness in your kid.
If your kid is still very young and hasn't mastered art of doing a basic layout, you can always do layout while your child dictates journaling portion. Consider pointing out a few layouts options and let your kid do selection. The ideas your child has of how page should look might take you by surprise!
Journaling is important even if it's just a few keywords or short sentences. This can be a fun session with your child. The creative answers generated from little brain of your boy or girl are what make these pages special.
By supporting your kid in expressing his or her own choices and thoughts, it's a great way to inspire farther creativity in your child to want to do more scrapbook pages.
You can choose a topic and then present it to your kid. "Bobby, would you like to do a page on your favorite toys?”. “Jeannie, would you like to do a page on your trip to Paige's birthday party at McDonald's?"
If your child is excited about topic, then use a series of about five to ten prompts to get your child's answers to them. Your boy's or girl's answers would then go into journaling boxes of your page.
